Alexander Hamilton‚ The Federalist Amber Henricksen U.S History Mr. Michael Miguel December 10‚ 2012 In the year 1789‚ George Washington had established his Cabinet. The Cabinet consists of men who were the best at what they do such as handling money or being familiar with machinery. There were three men who were a part of this Cabinet following with an attorney general. These men were Thomas Jefferson‚ Secretary of State‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ Secretary of Treasury‚ Henry Knox‚ Secretary
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In Alexander Hamilton (2004)‚ Ron Chernow tackles the errand of depicting America’s most questionable Founding Father. The book gives an expansive perspective of the scene of early America‚ with unique accentuation on Hamilton’s accomplishments and his relationship to certain Founders.Before understanding this book‚ my contemplations concurred with the prevalent picture of Hamilton as a splendid however tyrannical man who was as often as possible required in outrages or in clashes with different
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Wood “The characters of Revolutionary Characters” is a realistic portrayal of six most important members of the founding generation of the United States. They are: George Washington‚ Ben Franklin‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ James Madison‚ Aaron Burr‚ John Adams‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ Thomas Paine. The Founders‚ indeed‚ were a highly unique and exceptionally talented generation. The book takes as its accent not the story of the lives of individual founders but an analysis of their characters.
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first between organized political parties and the first of several to be decided on the basis of quirks in the Constitution. Why did Jefferson consider his victory in 1800 over the Federalist John Adams and his own vice-presidential running mate Aaron Burr to be “revolutionary”? What other “revolutionary” aspect of this election is added by the authors on p. 215? (1) Jefferson’s point: Revolutionary because it ended the Federalist rule and led the party into oblivion because Adams was the last
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Burr was running for the governorship of New York‚ and everybody except Hamilton favored Burr’s candidacy. After Burr read in a newspaper that Hamilton called him “the most unfit and dangerous man of the community”‚ Burr felt that Hamilton had thwarted his plans and challenged Hamilton to a duel after Hamilton refused to apologize. The two men met at Weehawken
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The book Founding Brothers was written in a way that anyone could read. Even people who are unfamiliar with the American Revolution would feel comfortable reading this book and have a good understanding of what happened during that time period. The author‚ Joseph Ellis‚ explains throughout the book the conflicting interpretations of the meaning of the American Revolution as well as the influence it had on the early history of the United States of America. Ellis resisted choosing one side over the
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of the USA. Thomas Jefferson became president of the USA in 1801. He was 60 when he became president. He had a ton of money and a lot of kids. He also had 7 sisters and was very huge on slavery. He almost didn’t become our president do to Aaron Burr‚ so the things he did wouldn’t have happened. Thomas Jefferson died in 1826. He was in his 80’s when he died. His father died when he was just a teenager. Thomas Jefferson got rich when cotton became famous mostly because he used slaves to make
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country from an independent state that was once profound and divine because of all the political power they held. 3. Whom does Ellis identify as the eight most important figures in the early republican? Ellis identifies Alexander Hamilton‚ Aaron Burr‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ George Washington‚ John Adams‚ James Madison and Abigail Adams to be the most important figures in the early republican. Hamilton was the country’s treasurer and was in charge of the financial issues. Thomas
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The election of 1800 was when Jefferson had won and was campaigning against Aaron Burr witch A.Burr had lost‚ wanted to become the vice president but Jefferson didn’t like the idea and changed the rule about vice president. Lafayette and Jefferson haven’t seen each other from 1789 when they saw each other they yelled ‘ah Lafayette
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Hamilton‚ Aaron Burr. The two candidates tied‚ each with 73 Electoral College votes. The tiebreaker went to the House of Representatives‚ where Hamilton argued against Burr and promoted Jefferson as the “lesser of two evils” (Wikipedia). He helped convince the House to give Jefferson an edge over Burr‚ which led to both Jefferson winning the presidency and Burr becoming resentful about Hamilton. Four years later‚ Hamilton ruined Burr’s chance at becoming the governor of New York. Burr became infuriated
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